Does require time and care to remove but from my experience with it on my CPU DIE it works better than any other TIM I have ever used so to me it is worth the extra time and care to use it to improve cooling.

Ambient temps were much cooler but the Delta looks better.
Also important to note that I am now running my water line to the CPU first then to the GPU. Before I was running directly to the GPU first then the CPU.

It is not. I am pretty sure I know why the 6950 died. The 7970 died, coincidentally, right after I moved so I think it got a little shaken. You posted and helped in both threads for those two cards in some way too.

Those are some EPIC temps with that EPIC overclock. Like a side of ice with that? What is in your loop?

It is not. I am pretty sure I know why the 6950 died. The 7970 died, coincidentally, right after I moved so I think it got a little shaken. You posted and helped in both threads for those two cards in some way too.

Those are some EPIC temps with that EPIC overclock. Like a side of ice with that? What is in your loop?

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Looking for some advice. I can buy this card secondhand at a slight 15% discount. Not too bad since it's only 5 months old.

However the newer Vaporx 7950 from Sapphire apparently has an identical pcb to the 7970 Vaporx version and it costs basically no more than this card new.

Now I know this card is missing one vrm compared to the 7970 version does anyone know if the same number of vrm's are used on the VaporX 7970 and 7950 as this card? The reason I think they may is because the Vaporx cards are shipped with 8pin and 6pin connectors too not two 8pins.

If any non chinese 7950 can be unlocked then it would ahve to have the same pcb as some version of the 7970 so maybe it would be a better idea to spend the extra 15% and buy a new Vaporx, apparently the cooling solution is slighly better than this version although it's vrm heatsink is applied with 2mm pads due to the HS being interfered with by the resistors near the vrms.